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Well, time sure flies... It only seemed like yesterday when my little niece was born, started to walk, had her first birthday... Now she just turned two. Aaw! Our little princess is growing up. ^^ It really is the most adorable thing when your niece already recognizes you... From being called "ta-ta-ta", she now clearly calls me "Auntie". ^^
So for her second birthday, such a sweet, little girl like her of course deserves a cute, little gift. With "cute, little gift" I meant amigurumis of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. This time it wasn't a surprise gift, but a special request from my sister-in-law.
Honestly, I was hoping that my niece would be a little mermaid fan (Like me. ^^) but I guess Snow White's good too... C'est la vie. -_- Well, when the time comes that I have a daughter I'm gonna make sure she'll go gaga over mermaids. Yes... Let the fish tail and scales flow through you. Mwahahaha! Nice. ^^Anyway, for Snow White I used the Disney Animators' Collection Snow White doll as reference. Well, I just thought it would be more adorable to make her in her toddler form. ^^

Then for the base, I used Serah Basnet's Cookie doll pattern. Of course I tweaked it a little bit to fit the doll's profile.

FO, leave tail for sewing*Stitch to BLO of the body*Draw the eyes with markers on the felt and spray with lacquer*Spray lacquer is more advisable to use since it's less messy but nail polish is good too if a can is not available.

HAIR(Raven)*Get 2 to 3 skeins of Raven then with no particular pattern, just create an mr and continue to 1sc-inc all around until the skeins run out. No need to use a marker. Just go crazy! ^^*Get a small tub and fill it with water. Not so sure on measurements but fill it enough that all the circles you make could get soaked*Pour some glue, but not too much to make it thick and gooey*After soaking the circles, pull it out to dry. A hair dryer would take less time, but if you don't have one then the good ol' sun will be good enough. It would be practical to do this before doing the rest of the parts so the hair would be ready by the time you finish everything else. Drying time usually lasts up to two days*When it's dry, unravel the circles and you'll find that it created little curls. Cut the strands in 16-inch lengths then attach to the hair cap*Use my favorite hair tutorial to attach the hair*When you've attached all the strands, cut it to desired length. Do some styles if you like

Finally, with a little blush here and there... And viola!!! Snow White is done and done. Phew! That was some work out. I thought I'd never finish. She was really quite the challenge my friend, it took me a whole month. Yikes! XD But like what they always say, "You can't rush art." Okay, she may not be an exact replica of the doll but still very sweet and adorable. ^^

Do you remember Mirmo de Pon!? A Japanese anime about a tiny, fairy prince named Mirmo? Well, if you do then you know how cute these fairy characters were... Big chubby cheeks, palm-top height, and tiny, stubby legs... Such darling cutie-patooties. ^3^

So for my version of the Seven Dwarves, I used the adorable fairy prince as reference. Weee!!! ^^ Seriously, it would be a mortal sin not to. I mean, how much cuter can it get? Nothing says "I wuv you!" more than bite-sized seven dwarves in rainbow colored onesies. Hehehe! Ooh! I can't wait to see how adorable they'll look when my sweet, little niece plays with them. Aww! Cuteness overload. ^^
For Mirmo de Pon! fans out there, you can totally use this to make your own amigurumi of Mirmo, Rirumi, Yashichi or other fairy characters. Just make the head a little bigger or make the body smaller to perfectly match the ones in the anime. ^^

Seven dwarves in less than three weeks? Yowza! It felt like an iron man marathon. What an adrenaline! Hahaha! XD

So that's it... Two months in the making and I finally finished my niece's birthday gift, and just in time too. Success!!! ^^

Copyright: Snow White (Adapted from Serah Basnet's Cookie, the amigurumi girl pattern)and the 7 Dwarves are original patterns written by Duchess Gala. You may do whatever you want with the finished product but please do not sell or claim the pattern as your own. Also, do not post the pattern directly to your website. Just link it to this blog. ^^ Disclaimer: Some of the images are not mine and can be searched online

Once again I joined the amigurumi-making contest inAmigurumi-Challengeand this time, the challenge was to make a dinosaur. Either with your own pattern or adopting someone else's.Well, if it's a dinosaur... I've already made one: Kaimon, my kawaii solution to the excessive green yarn problem. Hehehe! Remember the cutie? ^^
If it was allowed, I would've had him for my entry. He'd be a sure win! Bwahahaha! But rules are rules... I can only submit an amigurumi that's made within the contest month, which in this case was March. Oh well... C'est la vie! If life gives you lemons... You squeeze them back into life's eyes. Now that's a twist. Gumball's mom is so hardcore. ^^

Initially I didn't want to join since I've got tons of projects lined up. With my niece's birthday coming up and her mom's challenging gift request... Yah! There's a lot on my plate. Plus, I got no inspiration to make up a dino pattern. I was currently in a state of creative block. So instead of rainbows, unicorns, and chocolate waterfalls, there was a buzzing static in my head. Groan. -_-
But I guess destiny has something else in mind because after weeks of creative block, the static suddenly buzzed off and creativity went back on. Hello rainbows and unicorns!!!! Hahaha!^^

It all happened when I did my yarn inventory after buying sets of skeins for my upcoming projects (For some reason, doing yarn inventory is just as good as wearing a thinking hat. Imagine that. O_o). So I separated all the ones I'm going to use from the ones I'm putting in storage. When the Pamplemousse, Parakeet, and Lettuce skeins got together in a pile I thought, "Huh! That's a cute combination... It reminds me of bubble gum. How about I crochet it into a small dinosaur? One with dark and light green stripes, and pink spikes... Yeah! A bubblegum dinosaur!!!" Then the crowd hoisted me on their shoulders and we did a parade, everyone cheered and applauded- Yah... That sounded less awkward in my head. Hahaha! OvO

I just love his big, green, innocent eyes... I could "Aww!" the whole day. So cute I could melt.

Well that did it... I've turned into a big puddle. Hahaha!Thank you yarn inventory for such an adorable inspiration. ^^===> So the winners were just announced this morning (Apr. 2)... Guess what? I won! Woo-hoo! Well, not exactly first place and just a random selection but at least, a win is a win. I'm so happy! Hehehe -^.^- Read the details here in DeviantArt.

Copyright: Kaichi is an original pattern written by Duchess Gala. You may do whatever you want with the finished product but please do not sell or claim the pattern as your own. Also, do not post the pattern directly to your website. Just link it to this blog. ^^ Disclaimer: Some of the photos I used are not mine and can be searched online

About the Author

Duchess Gala Belmanoir is a fictional character created by Krys M. Flamiano, a fan of the historical romance novel "The Black Moth", written by Georgette Heyer. She was created to be Tracy Belmanoir's love interest and better half. A mysterious young woman with dark hair and crimson, bright eyes that captures the heart of the scandalous duke of Andover. No one exactly knows the truth to her past, but be assured that it is as colorful as the art she creates.